Chapter Five

    I wasn't feeling so good through the lectures I had been having today and I couldn't wait till I got back home. It had been two days since I and soffiyah had talked and even when she was with all of us,she still always found a way to ignore me or try not to talk to me. And I wasn't the kind of friend to keep malice with her friends.I had always hated it when my friends stopped talking to me for any reason. I was sitted at the cafeteria waiting for the uber I had ordered to come pick me up because Muhammad had insisted that I shouldn't use the bus, he was such a sweetheart.

   "Hey, can I sit"I looked up from my phone to see who it was and it was Soffiyah.

    "Yes, you can"

"I looked all around for you after lectures but you weren't any where to be found so I decided to come here to look for you"

      "I wasn't feeling too well, so I came here to wait for my uber"

     "I am sorry about the other day, I should never have said all that I said"she said apologetically

   "I am sorry too,i didn't mean to be so insensitive, I miss my friend"I smiled thinking about how childish we both had been the other day.

     "Zainab said she had something urgent to do, do you by any chance know where she might be"soffiyah asked and I figured I hadn't actually seen her all day, I had been so bothered about my headache that I completely forgot she had texted me hours ago.

   I pulled out my phone to check what it might have been.

    Zainab: something came up at the hospital, I had to be there. I will talk to you when I see you tomorrow.

    I showed  soffiyah the text that I got and I couldn't help but worry about what might have been wrong.

    "Do you know what might be wrong"Soffiyah asked but I was as clueless as she was but we both knew it probably had something to do with Zainab's mum. She had been diagnosed of cancer two months ago, but Zainab had told us she was getting better and so it was making me wonder what might have been wrong.

    "I need to get going now,I am meeting up with someone"Soffiyah said then she left and not long after my uber arrived.

     I kept on trying to call Zainab for the rest of the day as I was worried but it kept going into voicemail but then I remember I still had Ahmed's number so I decide to call Ahmed instead.

    I called ahmed and he picked on the second dail.

    "I have been trying to reach Zainab,is she there with you"i asked

    "Yes she is"

"May I speak to her, please"i requested.

    "Hello"the voice I heard next was of zainab but I could sense something was wrong from the tone of her voice, she was a very bubbly,lively and happy girl and when something was wrong with her. We were sure to know.

   "I have been trying to get a hold of you from this afternoon"I said.

    "Can we talk tomorrow at my place"she said and I affirmed that something was really wrong with her.

     I got interrupted by an happy Muhammad who had rushed into the house.

    "Take care baby girl, please be fine"I said as I hung up.

    "You look so happy "I smiled as I kissed him welcome.

     "I have a surprise for you"he said and I just stood smiling.

     "Okay, so what's the suprise"

"You have to close your eyes for it"he said. I closed my eyes then he directed me and helped me outside then he asked me to open it.

    "Wow,how did you get this"i asked as I admired the car that I couldn't believe was mine now.

     "You don't have to worry about it,my savings and a loan"

"Was it from your dad"i asked curiously because I knew he wouldn't actually because he always said his dad's money wasn't his and he was going to make his own and he wasn't even going to work in his dad's company before I had told him to make do with it for the main time till he gets something else to do.

   "You know I wouldn't"he said"you really shouldn't worry about it anymore"he assured.

   "You can't take a loan to buy me a car,you need to return it"I said and then I realized I was behaving like a wife already. The same me I knew before I got married would really have not cared where and how the loan got to be but I guess what they said about marriage changing you was really true and I realised I was more selfless.

   "You need to take it because you really need it,for school and for other things too"

   "But a loan, no"I said really concerned.

"I got the car at a cheaper price than normal though,and  the loan is a non interest and we are going to be fine, I can deal with this"he explained.he was pretty good at convincing and I had to give up at trying to make him return the car he bought me and I just decided to appreciate what he bought for me and be grateful for it.

     "I wish I could help you really,I need to get a job or something"I  said expressing my concern.

    "You need to focus on school,that's the plan,I will deal with this on my own"he insisted and I was just really grateful he cared enough to buy the car for me.

    "Thank you so much,baby"I said as I hugged him tight. I loved him even more each day and even when I had a bad day,he knew how to make me feel much better.

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